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  • 150 participants from the State Council Poverty Alleviation Office, Ministry of Education, along with representative of Chinese, American and Japanese universities took part in the discussion on the establishment of sustainable poverty alleviation system through education. The contributions Dr. Peter Wang and his wife, Dr. Grace Wang, have made to poverty alleviation in China’s poor areas have received considerable media attention. In 2009, the Christian Science Monitor, reported on the influence

  • Margaret Greenwood ’74 Lisa (Miles ’84) and Tim ’84 Kittilsby Lisa Kind Korsmo ’87 and John Korsmo ’84 Knut Olson ’90 and Kim Morter Olson ’88 Carol Quigg ’58 Brad ’83 and Danielle ’85 Tilden Dale and Jolita Benson (both ’63) established two endowed chairs, the Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic History and the Jolita Hylland Benson Chair in Elementary Education. The Bensons have also been major contributors to many campus projects and programs including endowed support for student

  • Bachelor of Arts DegreePrerequisites, when required, are listed in the individual course descriptions. Prior consultation with the instructor of any advanced course is invited. Students wishing to pursue a major or minor in political science are requested to declare the major or minor with the department chair as soon as possible. All political science courses must be completed with a grade of C- or better. Major in Political Science 36 semester hours Required Courses 16 semester hours POLS 151

  • Lute Powered: Educational Service District 113 PLU alumni Kristen Jaudon ‘94, Tracye Ferguson ‘94 and Kate Hall ‘17 are committed to service, community and equitable education Posted by: Silong Chhun / September 6, 2022 Image: Left to right: Kristen Jaudon ‘94, Tracye Ferguson ‘94 and Kate Hall ‘17 (PLU photo/John Froschauer) September 6, 2022 There are nine Educational Service Districts (ESDs) in Washington state. Created in 1969, the ESDs help local school districts by providing academic

  • education, environmental justice, Hispanic Studies, history, Native American Indigenous Studies, philosophy, political science, and religion. Congratulations to the Environmental Studies Class of 2022! Capstones are May 24, 2022 from 2-6pm in Morken 103. 2:00pm, Shifting Narratives: A Brief History of the United States Environmental Ethics at both the National and Local Scale Aaron Pantoja The relationship Americans have had towards the environment is characterized by a dualism: we as humans are

  • Global Classrooms Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / November 26, 2019 Image: PLU has long been a leader in global education, becoming the first U.S. college to have students and professors studying on all seven continents at the same time. November 26, 2019 By Emily McCannAdmissionIn January 2006, a group of PLU students — bundled up in warm coats, gloves, hats and sturdy boots — stepped carefully from the boat on which they'd been traveling onto the rocky and icy shores of Antarctica. This

  • Moening-Swanson ’15 and spend almost two months doing research. Leaving on Nov. 23, the pair will meet up with two other scientists in their quest to examine the retreat of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. On the National Science Foundation-funded trip, Todd and Moening-Swanson will camp on a glacier and spend their days climbing the nearby mountains in search of rocks left behind by retreating ice. Africa PLU students in the School of Education are traveling to Namibia for four or eight weeks; both

  • -granting institutions of higher education, 4 percent of full-time faculty members are Latino (2 percent male, 2 percent female); Latinos account for 7 percent of our nation’s Congressional representatives (38 members). Additionally, they account for 1.4 percent of all elected officials nationwide.    Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Bar Association, National Science Foundation, American Medical Association, National Center for Education Statistics, National Association of Latino Elected Officials

  • problems that intersect with your research interests. We encourage you to view the current projects shared by participating lab staff to get an idea of ongoing research projects. New this year:  Quantum Information Science and Technology (QuIST) group is joining SRP and eager to connect with faculty and students interested in building the next generation of quantum processing hardware.  Anyone who loves physics, computer science, electrical engineering, and/or device engineering should check out this

  • Student stories from the 253 PLU Bound Scholarship Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / September 6, 2019 Image: The 253 PLU Bound scholarship awards qualified students full tuition for all four years at PLU through a combination of federal, state, PLU grants and scholarships, and the College Bound Scholarship. September 6, 2019 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationPacific Lutheran University believes that a private liberal arts education should be available to students from all walks of